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Iraqi Deminer Loses Legs Clearing Mines - Iraq

Hoshyar Ali bends over to inspect a landmine on a hillside in Halabja, Iraq, on November 20, 2025. He has been clearing landmines for over four decades, a task he began after the Iran-Iraq war when thousands of mines were planted along the border. Despite losing both legs and several family members to explosions, he continues to volunteer in mine removal. Locals call him “man of the mines,” and he is building a museum in his village to display defused explosives for future generations. Photo by Showan Sulaiman/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iraqi Deminer Loses Legs Clearing Mines - Iraq

A landmine uncovered by Hoshyar Ali remains partially buried in rocky soil in Halabja, Iraq, on November 20, 2025. He has been clearing landmines for over four decades, a task he began after the Iran-Iraq war when thousands of mines were planted along the border. Despite losing both legs and several family members to explosions, he continues to volunteer in mine removal. Locals call him “man of the mines,” and he is building a museum in his village to display defused explosives for future generations. Photo by Showan Sulaiman/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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SRI LANKA-LANDMINES-REMOVAL

(240728) -- COLOMBO, July 28, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An officer of Sri Lankan army's demining technical force removes landmines placed during the country's civil conflict in Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka, July 27, 2024. Earlier this year, the Sri Lankan government decided to extend the tenure of National Mine Action Center to 2027 to achieve landmine free country. (Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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SRI LANKA-LANDMINES-REMOVAL

(240728) -- COLOMBO, July 28, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An officer of Sri Lankan army's demining technical force removes landmines placed during the country's civil conflict in Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka, July 27, 2024. Earlier this year, the Sri Lankan government decided to extend the tenure of National Mine Action Center to 2027 to achieve landmine free country. (Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan gives mine detectors to Ukraine

Members of Ukraine's State Emergency Service attend a handover ceremony on Nov. 20, 2023, in the country's capital Kyiv, when the Japan International Cooperation Agency delivered landmine detectors and vehicles to Ukraine.

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Japan gives mine detectors to Ukraine

Photo taken on Nov. 20, 2023, in Ukraine's capital Kyiv shows landmine detectors and vehicles delivered by the Japan International Cooperation Agency to Ukraine.

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Demining in Kharkiv Region

KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 24, 2023 - Anti-tank mines found by a consolidated squad of the Explosives Service of Ukraine are stacked on the ground during demining works in Kharkiv Region, northeastern Ukraine.

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Demining in Kharkiv Region

KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 24, 2023 - A sapper defuses an anti-tank mine as a consolidated squad of the Explosives Service of Ukraine carries out demining work in Kharkiv Region, northeastern Ukraine.

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Demining in Kharkiv Region

KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 24, 2023 - A sapper marks the place where an anti-tank mine is situated as a consolidated squad of the Explosives Service of Ukraine carries out demining work in Kharkiv Region, northeastern Ukraine.

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Demining in Kharkiv Region

KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 24, 2023 - An EOD expert places a metal detection on the stacks of defused landmines as a consolidated squad of the Explosives Service of Ukraine carries out demining works in Kharkiv Region, northeastern Ukraine.

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Demining in Kharkiv Region

KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 24, 2023 - The fuses of anti-tank mines are arranged on the ground as a consolidated squad of the Explosives Service of Ukraine carries out demining works in Kharkiv Region, northeastern Ukraine.

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Demining in Kharkiv Region

KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 24, 2023 - An EOD expert stands by the stacks of defused landmines as a consolidated squad of the Explosives Service of Ukraine carries out demining works in Kharkiv Region, northeastern Ukraine.

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Demining in Kharkiv Region

KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 24, 2023 - An anti-tank mine is seen in the ground as a consolidated squad of the Explosives Service of Ukraine carries out demining works in Kharkiv Region, northeastern Ukraine.

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Demining in Kharkiv Region

KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 24, 2023 - A sapper defuses an anti-tank mine as a consolidated squad of the Explosives Service of Ukraine carries out demining work in Kharkiv Region, northeastern Ukraine.

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Demining in Kharkiv Region

KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 24, 2023 - A sapper defuses an anti-tank mine as a consolidated squad of the Explosives Service of Ukraine carries out demining work in Kharkiv Region, northeastern Ukraine.

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Demining in Kharkiv Region

KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 24, 2023 - A sapper defuses an anti-tank mine as a consolidated squad of the Explosives Service of Ukraine carries out demining work in Kharkiv Region, northeastern Ukraine.

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Demining in Kharkiv Region

KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 24, 2023 - A sapper defuses an anti-tank mine as a consolidated squad of the Explosives Service of Ukraine carries out demining work in Kharkiv Region, northeastern Ukraine.

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Demining in Kharkiv Region

KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 24, 2023 - A sapper marks the place where an anti-tank mine is situated as a consolidated squad of the Explosives Service of Ukraine carries out demining work in Kharkiv Region, northeastern Ukraine.

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Demining in Kharkiv Region

KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 24, 2023 - Experts of a consolidated squad of the Explosives Service of Ukraine carry out demining works in Kharkiv Region, northeastern Ukraine.

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Demining in Kharkiv Region

KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 24, 2023 - A sapper cleans the space over a landmine as a consolidated squad of the Explosives Service of Ukraine carries out demining works in Kharkiv Region, northeastern Ukraine.

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Demining in Kharkiv Region

KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 24, 2023 - Lieutenant Colonel Andrii Ilkiv exposes a landmine as a consolidated squad of the Explosives Service of Ukraine carries out demining works in Kharkiv Region, northeastern Ukraine.

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Demining in Kharkiv Region

KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 24, 2023 - Experts of a consolidated squad of the Explosives Service of Ukraine carry out demining works in Kharkiv Region, northeastern Ukraine.

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128th Separate Brigade of Territorial Defence Forces practise storming enemy positions

UKRAINE - AUGUST 16, 2023 - A serviceman of the 128th Separate Brigade of Territorial Defence Forces reaches for explosives during an exercise to polish actions of storming enemy positions held as part of a tactical drill in the Zaporizhzhia direction, southeastern Ukraine.

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Novodarivka

NOVODARIVKA, UKRAINE - JULY 21, 2023 - Landmines are seen in the grass in Novodarivka village, Zaporizhzhia Region, southeastern Ukraine. Situated on the border between Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk Regions, the settlement that had been occupied since March 2022 was liberated by the Ukrainian military on June 4, 2023.

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Colombia Celebrates 213 Years Of Independence

Colombian army 'landmine searchers' take part during the military parade for the 213 years of Colombia's independence, in Bogota, July 20, 2023. Photo by: Wendy P. Romero/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AFGHANISTAN-NANGARHAR-LANDMINE BLAST-FUNERAL

(230713) -- NANGARHAR, July 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People attend the funeral of the victims of a landmine blast in Nangarhar, Afghanistan, July 12, 2023. Two children have been killed and another injured as a landmine left over from past wars went off in east Afghanistan's Nangarhar province on Wednesday, a statement released by the provincial government said. TO GO WITH "Landmine blast kills 2 children, injures 1 in east Afghanistan" (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)

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Saudi project dismantles 880 landmines in Yemen in 3rd week of June

STORY: Saudi project dismantles 880 landmines in Yemen in 3rd week of June DATELINE: June 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:52 LOCATION: ADEN, Yemen CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of landmine clearance project in Yemen STORYLINE: A landmine clearance project in Yemen said its teams had dismantled 880 landmines in the war-torn country during the third week of June, the official Saba news agency reported Thursday. The Saudi Project for Landmine Clearance (Masam) has successfully cleared 405,213 landmines since its inception in 2018, the Saba report added. In cooperation with Yemen's government demining teams, the objective of the project is to remove all landmines and explosive devices in the country and create a safer environment for local communities. Various Yemeni warring factions have laid a large number of mines and improvised explosive devices in the years-long military conflict, posing significant risks to civilians. Yemen's demining experts said more than 1 million landmines have been laid since the

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Syrian truffle hunters risk lives to make much-needed cash

STORY: Syrian truffle hunters risk lives to make much-needed cash DATELINE: May 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:26 LOCATION: HAMA, Syria CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various inside the truffles market in Hama city 2. various of woman collecting the truffles in Hama countryside 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ABDUL AZIZ AL-OQAB, Local resident 4. various of truffles market 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): NAZZAL AL-ADAB Nazzal, Local resident STORYLINE: Many Syrians, who are grappling with poverty after enduring 12 years of conflict, are risking their lives to collect truffles for the lucrative profit they bring. Searching for truffles has become extremely dangerous in the country. IS militants have repeatedly preyed on the fungus hunters while landmine blasts have also killed many. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ABDUL AZIZ AL-OQAB, Local resident "Regional countries consume large quantities of this mushroom, and in Syria, there is difficulty in making a living. So, people started looking for ways to make money and discovered that coll

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Australian technology to aid landmine clearing efforts

STORY: Australian technology to aid landmine clearing efforts DATELINE: April 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:00 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of demonstration of the new Australian detection technology to help with landmine-clearing efforts STORYLINE: Australia's national science agency has developed new technology to help global landmine-clearing efforts. The new detection technology, revealed by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) to coincide with International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action on Tuesday, uses magnetic resonance technology capable of detecting the molecular signature of explosives used in landmines. It is more reliable than metal detectors currently used to detect landmines as well as being cost-effective. The CSIRO has established a new company, MRead, to develop the technology into hand-held detectors. "The precision of this technology will be a game-changer for landmine-clearing efforts, delivering a so

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Japan opens event to promote defense equipment exports to ASEAN

TOKYO, Japan - Diplomats and defense officials from Japan and member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations pose for photos at the Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 24, 2014. The officials were participating in a three-day event that began the same day aimed at promoting Japanese exports of defense equipment to ASEAN. During the event, Japanese defense equipment manufacturers will make presentations of their products and technology such as landmine detectors and warships.

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Japan opens event to promote defense equipment exports to ASEAN

TOKYO, Japan - Diplomats and defense officials from Japan and member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations meet at the Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 24, 2014. The officials were participating in a three-day event that began the same day aimed at promoting Japanese exports of defense equipment to ASEAN. During the event, Japanese defense equipment manufacturers will make presentations of their products and technology such as landmine detectors and warships.

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Laotians call for world without landmines

NEW YORK, United States - Thoummy Silamphan (R), who lost his hand to a landmine as a child in Laos, and Manixia Thor (C), a member of an all-female bomb-clearing team in the country, speak at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 4, 2013, International Mine Awareness day. They spoke about the damage caused by cluster bombing in their country, calling for a world without the deadly weapons.

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YEMEN-HAJJAH-ABS-LANDMINES-PLIGHT

(221013) -- ABS (YEMEN), Oct. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A soldier of a demining team disassembles a landmine on a pasture in the Abs district, Hajjah Province, northern Yemen, on Oct. 7, 2022. (Photo by Mohammed Al-Wafi/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Landmines continue to cause suffering, turmoil in war-torn Yemen

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YEMEN-HAJJAH-ABS-LANDMINES-PLIGHT

(221013) -- ABS (YEMEN), Oct. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A soldier of a demining team uses a landmine detector to clear a pasture in the Abs district, Hajjah Province, northern Yemen, on Oct. 7, 2022. (Photo by Mohammed Al-Wafi/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Landmines continue to cause suffering, turmoil in war-torn Yemen

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YEMEN-HAJJAH-ABS-LANDMINES-PLIGHT

(221013) -- ABS (YEMEN), Oct. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A farmer stands next to the carcass of his sheep killed in a landmine explosion in the Abs district, Hajjah Province, northern Yemen, on Oct. 7, 2022. (Photo by Mohammed Al-Wafi/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Landmines continue to cause suffering, turmoil in war-torn Yemen

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YEMEN-HAJJAH-ABS-LANDMINES-PLIGHT

(221013) -- ABS (YEMEN), Oct. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A farmer holds a piece of shrapnel from an exploded landmine in the Abs district, Hajjah Province, northern Yemen, on Oct. 7, 2022. (Photo by Mohammed Al-Wafi/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Landmines continue to cause suffering, turmoil in war-torn Yemen

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Lifelong promise from Mama Soraida to her elephant friends

STORY: Lifelong promise from Mama Soraida to her elephant friends DATELINE: Aug. 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:19 LOCATION: Bangkok CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. cutaways of elephant hospital 2. Soraida Salwala and elephant 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SORAIDA SALWALA, Founder of Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE) Hospital 4. hospital Staff taking care of Mosha (an elephant) 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SORAIDA SALWALA, Founder of Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE) Hospital 6. Soraida Salwala and elephant STORYLINE: Over two decades ago, an Asian elephant named Motala stepped on a landmine and got her left front leg seriously injured. She limped for three days before she was rescued by a special hospital in Thailand. Fitted with a prosthetic leg, she was taken care of for over 20 years. Every morning and afternoon, 61-year-old Motala walks around the lawn outside her tent for a while. Deep in the forest of Lampang province in northern Thailand, the hospital, named Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE),

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Yemeni children fall victim to landmines

STORY: Yemeni children fall victim to landmines DATELINE: May 27, 2022 LENGTH: 0:03:25 LOCATION: HAJJAH, Yemen CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Raed Gerbhi 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): RAED GERBHI, Landmine victim 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): HASSAN MOSBEH, Local official STORYLINE: For 12-year-old Yemeni child Raed Gerbhi, the terrible explosion on a cold December day last year left an indelible mark on his life. It started as a normal day when he went out to herd sheep with his friends but ended with mutilation. Without a warning, a landmine exploded under Gerbhi's feet, cutting off his right leg and wounding his hands. His three friends were knocked meters away by the shock wave but miraculously escaped from the explosion unscathed. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): RAED GERBHI, Landmine victim "A landmine exploded and my right leg was amputated. My dream is to get a prosthetic leg in order to return to play with my friends, go to school and tend sheep. I hope all the mines buried around our farms, fields and

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YEMEN-HAJJAH-MIDI-LANDMINE-VICTIM

(220526) -- MIDI (YEMEN), May 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A child who fell victim to a landmine explosion sits on his bed in Midi District, Hajjah Province, Yemen, on May 26, 2022. (Photo by Mohammed Al-Wafi/Xinhua)

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Landmines continue to pose threat to Afghans' lives: official

STORY: Landmines continue to pose threat to Afghans' lives: official DATELINE: April 7, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:30 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1 various of the views in Kabul 2 SOUNDBITE 1 (Pashto): NOORUDDIN RUSTAMKHIL, State Ministry for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs 3 various of the event 4 SOUNDBITE 2 (Pashto): NOORUDDIN RUSTAMKHIL, State Ministry for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs 5 various of people and streets views in Afghanistan STORYLINE: Figures from Afghan authorities show that landmines have continued to kill or maim people in Afghanistan, one of the most landmine-contaminated countries. SOUNDBITE 1 (Pashto): NOORUDDIN RUSTAMKHIL, State Ministry for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs "Landmines and explosive remnants of war kill or maim more than 120 Afghans every month." Rustamkhil, head of the Directorate for Mine Action Coordination of the ministry, unveiled the figure at an event marking the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assista

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Yemeni children face constant, lethal danger from landmines

STORY: Yemeni children face constant, lethal danger from landmines DATELINE: March 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:07 LOCATION: Sanaa CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of shots of a desert village in Midi District, Hajjah province, northern Yemen 2. various of Raed Gerbhi, a teenage landmine victim 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): RAED GERBHI, landmine victim 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): ALI GERBHI, Brother of Raed Gerbhi STORYLINE: For 12-year-old Yemeni child Raed Gerbhi, the terrible explosion on a cold December day last year left an indelible mark in his life. It started as a normal day when he went out to herd sheep with his friends but ended with mutilation. Without a warning, a landmine exploded under Gerbhi's feet, cutting off his right leg and wounding his hands. His three friends were knocked meters away by the shock wave but miraculously escaped from the explosion unscathed. According to residents of the village of Bani Faid, district of Midi, in Yemen's northern province of Hajjah, the government army s

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Communist China - civilians laying a landmine

Communist China - Chinese civilians playing their part in the conflict by laying a landmine to hold back the Japanese invaders during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). circa 1940s

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Afghan woman given new artificial leg to "walk to her dream"

Photo taken in July 2017 in Ota, Shimane Prefecture shows Amiri Afifa, a 24-year-old Afghan woman who lost one of her legs to a landmine at age 4, smiling while holding her new artificial limb, crafted by a Japanese prosthetist in the western Japan city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan opens event to promote defense equipment exports to ASEAN

TOKYO, Japan - Diplomats and defense officials from Japan and member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations meet at the Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 24, 2014. The officials were participating in a three-day event that began the same day aimed at promoting Japanese exports of defense equipment to ASEAN. During the event, Japanese defense equipment manufacturers will make presentations of their products and technology such as landmine detectors and warships. (Kyodo)

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N. Korean border area with China

Photo taken Nov. 14, 2020, from Dandong, a Chinese border city by the Yalu River, shows a landmine warning sign on a river bank in North Korea's Sakju County.

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N. Korean border area with China

Photo taken Nov. 14, 2020, from Dandong, a Chinese border city by the Yalu River, shows a landmine warning sign on a river bank in North Korea's Sakju County.

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Jody Williams addresses anti-landmine conference

Anti-landmine campaigner Jody Williams speaks at an annual meeting of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in Vienna on Dec. 18, 2017. The International Campaign to Ban Landmines and Williams, its coordinator, were co-laureates of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts in bringing about the convention. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Charity half marathon held in Cambodia's Angkor Wat

A charity half marathon that raises funds for landmine victims in Cambodia is held on Dec. 3, 2017 in the country's temple city of Angkor Wat, with two-time Olympic women's marathon medalist Yuko Arimori of Japan running behind a boy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo